The nature of Greek society provided the perfect nourishment for new and groundbreaking ideas that no other civilization had delved into for religious and social reasons. ... They used these skills to build great pyramids, focusing their efforts toward the after-life and creating a social structure centered on gods and pharaohs. ... The great significance of these two theories lies in the heavy use of logic to present and defend these competing theories. ... He used observation and logic to identify and group animals with similar characteristics. ... Aristotle's system was very powerful f...

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Emotions is a term commonly and loosely used to denote individual, subjective feelings which indicate moods ("emotions" 899). ... To try and sum up the basis of Plato's philosophy on emotions, it would fair to say that emotions occur for a reason, controlled by the rational soul which occurs in the intellectual part of the mind. ... Alexander the Great was tutored by Aristotle. ... Aristotle also has his own philosophies on emotions. ... Aristotle agreed with Plato that emotions are controlled by the rational soul. ...

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., became the first man to think outside the box and sway away from using myths and gods as the answer for all intellectual questions. Known as the first Greek philosopher, Thales initiated a way of understanding the world that was based on reason and nature (Sullivan). ... Philosophy can be described as the certain knowledge of things through their ultimate causes seen in the light of the principles of reason (Sullivan). ... In conclusion, Western philosophy sets itself apart from all other philosophies because it has veered away from using myths and gods as explanations for all things ...

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These men, including Thales of Miletus, Aristotle, Democritus, and Pythagoras, among many others, used the scientific method to explain the physical world around them. ... Another extremely notable philosopher was Aristotle. ... Aristotle would study many things such as animals. ... A large reason as to why scientists and philosophers study is to share their experience and ideas with the rest of the world. ... He did this without using modern telescopes. ...

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For my first basis for the existence of God I will use the a posteriori, ontological arguments. ... In Descartes "the Argument from Perfection" he reasons that if existence is one of the perfections and God has all the perfections, then God must exist. ... The existence of motion to the existence of a first mover as the cause of movement, was argued by Aristotle. ... The reason for this was that nothing caused God to move yet God was responsible for the motion of all other things. ...

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Though the reason Thales chose this element cannot be answered with sureness, Aristotle says that Thales "probably derived his opinion from observing that the nutriment of all things is moist, and that even actual heat is generated therefrom, and that animal life is sustained by water... and from the fact that the sees of all things possess a moist nature, and that water is a first principle of all things that are humid." ... Out of the four main elements used in the Presocratic era (earth, air, fire, and water), water is the only one that can interchange between all three states. ... With o...

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We could only conclude that things exist outside our mind by means of sense or reason. ... Berkeley also argues that to suppose that objects exist without the mind "is to suppose, without any reason at all, that God has created innumerable beings that are entirely useless, and serve to no manner of purpose."" ...

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I say that we must trust our senses, in this way I agree with Aristotle. ... Our natural instincts insure the survival of our species but what we must do is use our minds to find truth, for the betterment of our race. We have the ability to reason, no other animal has. ...

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